Dumpster stolen from construction site: South Euclid Police Blotter

THEFT, CEDAR ROAD: Someone stole a 30-yard Dumpster belonging to the Rumpke company from behind a building being constructed at Cedar Center North. A contractor last saw the Dumpster Nov. 27 and found it missing two days after that.

The Dumpster is valued at $3,500.

PROPERTY DAMAGE, ARGONNE ROAD: A construction worker reported the morning of Nov. 28 that someone had damaged concrete poured as sidewalks the day before. Shoe prints marred the just-poured sidewalks.

Damage was estimated at $3,500.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE, HOMESTEAD ROAD: Someone sprayed obscenities on a shed on the property of Adrian School. In addition to the obscenities, the phrase “not time to finish sorry” was spray-painted on the shed.

The vandalism was discovered on Dec. 2.

BURGLARY, PRASSE ROAD: A resident found an opened side door at a neighboring residence the morning of Dec. 2 and called police. The man later told police he heard a loud sound coming from the vacant house at about midnight, but chose to not call police at that time. Copper pipes were stolen.

THEFT, MAYFIELD ROAD: As store security watched the afternoon of Dec. 2 at Giant Eagle, a woman, 73, filled her shopping cart with items. The woman next was seen pulling Giant Eagle shopping bags from her purse, and placing the items into the bags. The Cleveland Heights woman then proceeded to leave the store.

Security detained the woman and recovered the $190 worth of merchandise stolen.

DISTURBANCE, VICTORY DRIVE: A man was getting out of his car at 8:08 p.m. Dec. 2 when he heard the sounds of a woman screaming from the lot of South Euclid Community Center. The man walked across the street and, as he did so, the man who had been striking a woman, walked away.

Another passerby also approached the scene and called police.

Officers spoke with the woman, 19, of South Euclid, who said her boyfriend, also 19, had been hitting her after a disagreement about finances. Police went to the boyfriend’s home and were told by his stepfather that he wasn’t home. The victim told police she didn’t want to pursue charges and that she wasn’t hurt.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT, SOUTH GREEN ROAD: An officer in a police cruiser sat at the intersection of Mayfield and Green roads at 3:17 p.m. Nov. 30. The officer saw a large contingent of youths standing at a corner of the intersection, some of them taking stances as if they were going to fight. When the traffic light changed, the youths did not cross the street.

The officer, who had already used the public address system in his car to tell the youths to settle down, got out of his car to tell them they could not congregate and create trouble. One of the youths started using vulgar language toward the officer and continued even as others told him he should stop doing so.

The officer eventually led the boy, 17, away from the others to get his personal information. The boy did not cooperate and several times tried to remove himself from the officer’s grasp. Later, he tried to avoid being handcuffed after being told he was being arrested. The boy’s grandmother went to the police station to pick him up. The boy is expected to be charged with disorderly conduct.

DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION, SOUTH GREEN ROAD: An officer was stopped at a traffic light at 11:39 p.m. Nov. 30 when he noticed the woman driving the car next to his at the light was not wearing her seat belt. Not wearing a seat belt is a primary offense in South Euclid, so a traffic stop was made.

The woman, 21, of South Euclid, was found to have a suspended license. She said she was unaware her license was suspended. Police cited her for driving with a suspended license and not wearing a seat belt.

DISTURBANCE, MONTICELLO BOULEVARD: An officer on patrol at 3:30 a.m. Dec. 1 looked inside the store at the BP gas station, and saw what looked to be a confrontation between the clerk and a customer. The officer investigated and found he knew both parties from past calls. The clerk told the officer he was in no danger and that the customer was trying to hug him after learning of the clerk’s mother’s death. The clerk pushed him away.

Before leaving, the officer noted that the customer, 26, of Cleveland Heights had previously been issued a criminal trespass warning to stay away from the BP. He was cited for disregarding the warning and told he would be arrested if he returned.

COUNTERFEITING, MAYFIELD ROAD: Police were called at 9:53 p.m. to McDonald’s. There, two men used a counterfeit $20 bill to pay for their food. The store manager further told police that earlier in the day, another man used a fake $20 bill to pay for food, on a shift before she began work.

Officers spoke with the men who were still in the drive-through line. The men said they were unaware that the bill was phony. One of the men called his father, who told police he may have received the money while picking up a car he had purchased in Columbus. On the way back home he stopped at a Columbus area BP gas station and received $60 in change from a $100 bill. The man showed police one of the $20 bills he was given and it was counterfeit. In all, police confiscated three fake $20 bills.

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